The petrol price hike, which has led to an increase in nearly all goods and services, from food to medicine to fertilizer, has caused consumers constant anxiety.

Domestic firms should consider expanding partnerships with Japan in new areas like smart city and startup incubation, suggested Dr. Vo Tri Thanh, Director of the Institute of Branding and Competition Strategy.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha will be questioned over issues of people concern at the ongoing ninth session of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

PM demands substantial progress in administrative reform in 2022

The signs of “imported inflation” have appeared as prices of goods purchased from abroad in the first two months of 2022 rose to higher levels compared to the same period last year.

A suitable auction form for each type of property and more stringent sanctions are needed to prevent auction winners from walking away without buying as happened recently in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area, experts said.

Industrial real estate market bouncing back with mega projects

Vietnam and the US have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to improve Vietnam’s Commercial and Investment Alternative Dispute Resolution Ecosystem.

According to the UNFPA Representative, Vietnam is a signatory to international instruments on gender equality, women’s rights, and women’s empowerment.

Establishing strategic partnership with “big names” in Germany, FLC Group’s ecosystem has approached the European market.

The Vietnamese economy as a whole is expected to face some immediate consequences from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with disruptions occuring now in the export of some electronics and agricultural products to the largest country in the world by area.

While international technology giants are seeking fresh opportunities to expand further in the local cloud computing market, local players are planning for a new cooperation way to increase competitiveness, heralding stiffening competition ahead.

Nike's supply chain in the South has fully recovered, while its supply chain in the North is trying to restore production and business.

Loan acquisition and the availability of government-sponsored incentives remain the biggest barriers in attracting capital inflows into high-tech agriculture as many companies already struggle with tedious applications.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) are the most ambitious agreements in terms of market access, rules and values that the EU has ever signed with a developing country like Vietnam.

The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, or the stealth variant, is accounting for many coronavirus infections in HCM City and Hanoi, the department of health have revealed.

Many HCM City residents are suffering the double whammy of rising living costs and stagnant or falling incomes that is making it very difficult for them to make ends meet.

A group of products including an e-wallet, a launchpad and game projects is about to be launched by a Vietnamese startup.

Ho Chi Minh City is examining the possibility of allowing COVID-19 infected cases (F0) and close-contact cases (F1) to return to the workplace if their health is guaranteed.

The World Mobile Broadband and ICT Summit 2022 was held in Hanoi on March 9 to discuss the modernisation of telecommunications infrastructure and digital content services toward the promotion of a digital economy and society.